Archive for December 20, 2010
They don’t mind foreign occupation but don’t you dare ban their alcohol
Some of those protesting–not all of course–are writers who are servants of the occupation and the puppet regime but they can’t stand a ban on alcohol. Of course, I am against a ban on alcohol and am in favor of legalization of drugs–all drugs-…
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
Unreported crimes by Israel
“Since March 2010, 97 people have been shot in Gaza for collecting stones. This is one of the few ways a person can actually make money here at all. Beit Hanoun, Gaza is a dangerous place to spend time. 22 days before this report was filed, our…
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
Mapping sexual harassment in Egypt through SMS reporting
This is a great service: Mapping sexual harassment in Egypt through SMS reporting (thanks Farah)
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
US diplomats collecting “bad news” about Cuban health care
“NEWS: USINT is always looking for human interest stories and other news that shatters the myth of Cuban medical prowess, which has become a key feature of the regime’s foreign policy and its self-congratulatory propaganda. Two articles appeared thi…
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
Of course she is not a suspect: since when are oil princes suspects in Western countries?
“The flat belongs to Princess Norah Bint Abdulaziz, a Saudi Arabian Princess, who is said to have known nothing about what was going on and visits the flats for no more than two weeks a year. Police have said she is not a suspect.” (thanks ls)
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
UAE-Oman crisis
There has not been anything in the press about the serious crisis in the relations between Oman and UAE after Oman secret service discovered a plot by UAE to infiltrate its security agency. One article mentioned something in Al-Akhbar (but the li…
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
On the stupidity of Mossad (again, and again)
“And he minces no words in stating baldly (through his sources) that Stuxnet has been a disaster both for the Mossad (he coyly refuses to explicitly name the agency as the source) and western intelligence agencies monitoring and containing Iran’s …
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
The spies will be appointed as advisers to Jamal Mubarak
“Egyptian authorities have charged a local businessman and two Israelis for recruiting agents in Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon to spy for Israeli intelligence, a State Security prosecutor said Monday. Prosecutor Hisham Badawi told reporters that a …
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
US-Israeli relations
“A sizable number of U.S. voters continue to believe that relations between Israel and the United States will worsen in the year ahead.” Personally, I think that they will only get better and closer. (thanks FLC)
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
Servitor of Israeli interests: the cheapest puppet of any foreign occupation (Abu Mazen)
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wanted unprecedented help from Israel in attacking Hamas during the clashes just prior to the militant group’s bloody coup of the Gaza Strip, according to a classified cable just released by WikiLeaks. &nbs…
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
The lousy and reactionary Fath Movement: I have always hated that movement, since my teens years
“However, he expressed concerns over what he characterized as “a crisis of leadership in Fatah, with PA President Abbas already focusing on his retirement, and his possible successors incapable of leading the Palestinians in both the West Bank and t…
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad
Faruq Qaddumi
I can state without any hesitation that there is no decent leader or cadre left in the Fath Movement. It is fair to say that the decent and the competent have all left the movement or have been killed by Israelis. Look at the chief charlata…
Posted on December 20, 2010 by As'ad